Hexagram:Return →Hexagram:Youthful Folly
I-Ching Transformation
24
Return
Fu
Earth / Thunder
→
4
Youthful Folly
Meng
Mountain / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines
Changing Lines
This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines: 1, 2, 6).
Trigram Changes
Upper TrigramEarth →Mountainreceptive to stillness
Lower TrigramThunder →Waterarousing to abysmal
Yilin Verse
鷂鴟娶婦，深目窈身。折腰不媚，與伯相背。
The sparrowhawk takes a bride — deep-eyed, slender of form. She bends at the waist but will not flatter; she turns her back on her lord.
— Jiao Yanshou (焦延壽), Yilin (焦氏易林), 1st century BCE
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This page shows the transformation from hexagram 24 (Return) to hexagram 4 (Youthful Folly). In the I-Ching, when a reading produces changing lines, the hexagram transforms into another hexagram, providing guidance for both the current situation and its eventual evolution.